This article surveys the history of Adventist views on the role of Ellen White's writings in biblical interpretation. It focuses specifically on the role and authority Adventists ascribed to her in the interpretation of the Bible.

Ellen G. White recounts that one of the most difficult aspects of her early ministry was to rebuke fanatics, including Israel Dammon. In the 1980s critics of Ellen White used the discovery of transcripts of Dammon's arrest and trial to suggest that Ellen White supported and even participated in this pandemonium. New historical sources challenge such assumptions and suggest instead that Ellen White's account should be considered reliable as she rebuked Dammon and other early fanatics.